Improvement in lead-pencils



y y. ce@ @timed tant gianni @film g Lette/rs Patent No. 86,101, (latedJanuary 19, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN LEAD-PENCILS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOSEPH RECKENDORFER, of NewYork, in the county of .and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and improved Calendar Lead- Pencil 5 and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionvof the same,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which represent, inperspective, a pencil made in accordancewith my invention.

The object of my invention is'to unite with a Wooden pencil a calendaror table, for ascertaining the day struction, they are not costly, butcan be furnished to the market at an extremely low price.

I t becomes necessary, therefore, in order to give practical value tothe invention, to devise a Way in which the calendar itself can be madeand united with the pencil inexpensively, and, in fact, withoutnecessitating any considerable appreciation in the price of the pencil,the manufacturer deriving his prots solely from the demand, which, otherthings being equal, will arise for a calendar-pencil. l

In order to attain the object I have in view, I print or impress uponthe Wooden pencil-sheath, and preferably near the upper end of the same,a calendar for one or more months, or even for a year or more,.ifdesired.

In the drawing is shown one manner in which ,my invention may be carriedinto effect.

For instance, on one sdearprinted 1868, November, and immediatelyfollowing them is the calendar for the month.

In order to abbreviate or shorten the table as far as possible, I takeonly those numbers upon which any particular day in the month will fall;or, better still,I take the numbers 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and then placebefore them the name of the day of the month which comes upon thosedates.

In November, 1868, Sunday is the day; in December, Tuesday, and so on.These dates being ascertained, it is of course perfectly easy todetermine any intermediate date.

It will be readily understood, however, that the position of thecalendar can be varied, and that it may be more or less comprehensive,so as ,to cover a greater or less period, asdesired, although I ind thearrangement shown to be preferable.

Having described my'invention, and the manner in which the same is ormay be carried into effect, I would state that I do not claim broadly acalendar-pencilg' but What I do claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

Providing a wooden lead-pencil with a calendar, having the days andmonths indicated thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this spcoication, beforetwo subscribing witnesses.

JOS. REGKENDORFER.

Witnesses GEO. H. RICHARDS, SAMUEL FLEISCHMANN.

